I feel that my chess strengths are still here, .. I believe I can still improve.

I've met enough KGB colonels in my life.

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.

A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to ordinary people, or notes or scores to musicians.

It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.

I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.

Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.

At the end of the day, it's all about money.

Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method.

i want to be stronger, so i can protect what i love more.

i can’t always tell what’s betterlong drivesin the star-spangled desertsor long walksalong winding tea gardens.

I'm just saying that at least for the foreseeable future there won't be any more touring

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.

Don't get stressed over the little things and make sure you're enjoying life to the fullest.

I wasn't mean; I wasn't evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.

Margo's beauty was a kind of sealed vessel of perfection--uncracked and uncrackable.

The foundation upon which Rotary is built is friendship; on no less firm foundation could it have stood.

Actors who say they don't watch TV are stupid. I was raised by TV! And it's how I research for auditions.

To know that all is well, even if late will come to know it, is at least some gain.